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Gobi Desert (desert) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 44 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 44.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 105 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 105.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Major desert stretching across large sections of Mongolia and China, encompassing approximately half a million square miles. It is situated between the Altai and Hangayn ranges to the north, the western section of the Da Hinggan range on the east, the Qilian, Yin, Bei, and eastern Altun ranges to the south, and the eastern portion of the Tien Shan mountain range to the west. |
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| Gobi Desert (preferred,C,V)
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| Gobi (C,V)
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| Desert of Gobi (C,V)
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| Pustynya Gobi (C,V)
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| Gobi, The (C,V)
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| The Gobi (C,V)
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| Gobi Wüste (C,V)
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| Great Gobi (C,V)
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| Han-hai (C,V)
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| Han-hai Ch’ü (C,V)
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| Ko-lo-pai Shan-mo (C,V)
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| Ko-pi (C,V)
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| Ko-pi-sha-mo (C,V)
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| Kwopi Shamo (C,V)
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| Sandmeer (C,V)
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| Schamo (C,V)
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| Schamo Sandmeer (C,V)
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| Sha-mo (C,V)
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| Sha-moh (C,V)
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| Ta-ko-pi (C,V)
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| Ta-ko-pi-sha-mo (C,V)
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| Ta-mo (C,V)
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